Polycom 3725-77601-001H manual Directory Operations, Directory Management Overview

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Directory Operations

This chapter describes the Polycom® Converged Management Application™ (CMA®) enterprise directory integration and operations. It includes these topics:

•Directory Management Overview

•Directory Management Supported Configurations

•Polycom CMA System and Windows Authentication

•Directory Management Operations

Directory Management Overview

In a large organization, integrating your CMA system with Microsoft Active

Directory greatly simplifies the task of managing conference system security.

Directory management provides the following features.

•Single sign-on capability. Users get the benefits of pass-through authentication, allowing them to leverage their Active Directory user name and password to login to the Polycom CMA Desktop system. This happens without the user having to enter their credentials, creating seamless integration for logins.

•Single management environment. After the initial setup of the CMA system, adding groups into CMA system is no more complex than adding a group to a file share or database. Continue to manage your group memberships through Active Directory, then grant those groups rights within the CMA system.

•Allows you to continue leveraging the existing role-based security model that you have in place, though the CMA system only uses Universal groups.

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